"Beryl? Even our Hurricanes are gender non-binary now."
That's what he said in response to the National Hurricane Center posting the latest satellite image of the storm.
It's not nonsense. It's a sustained attack on both people and science. This kind of message brings the science deniers and bigots closer together, helping to shore up that base and give it common ground.
I've only ever heard Beryl as a woman's name, although I don't see a problem with a man or a nonbinary person using it. It's a bizarre claim though. It's like saying Mary is a 'nonbinary name.' Technically true because Donald is also a nonbinary name for the same reason.
And this guy saying he thinks Beryl is a non-binary name isn’t bigotry. Perhaps they’re targeting him for something else that he did that was bigoted? Did he do something else like that?
There is a judge - Beryl Howell - who has given some (correctly) unfavorable rulings in Trump cases. Can't help but think he's talking about the name because of her.
Coercive human gender norms are to be consigned to the dustbin of history, either through progress or via the self-extinction of humanity. Whichever comes first.
Beryl is a mineral. There are definitely women with the name, and there are likely some men, too (though A Boy Named Beryl doesn't have the same ring to it).